Dongyang Lige was slapped senseless by Chancellor Bai.
He had truly been slapped senseless.
Dongyang Lige knew that Chancellor Bai, whom Princess Changle had invited out, would certainly be deeply dissatisfied with both his decision today and with him personally.
Perhaps even enraged.
Dongyang Lige had anticipated that long ago.
But he had never imagined that Chancellor Bai would slap him across the face in public!
He had considered many possibilities. Chancellor Bai might curse him, spray spittle all over his face, or even have someone impeach him—but he had never imagined Chancellor Bai would simply strike him in the face.
One had to know that Dongyang Lige was now the Grand Priest of the Ancestral God Hall. In a certain sense, he was Chancellor Bai's successor and represented the face of the Ancestral God Hall.
For Chancellor Bai to openly beat him and strike him in the face before everyone—was that not the same as slapping the Ancestral God Hall itself?
Thus, when Chancellor Bai landed that first slap, Dongyang Lige was completely stunned and did not react at all.
Chancellor Bai was now at the Half-step Creation Realm. How swift were his movements?
Moreover, as Chancellor Bai glared at Dongyang Lige and cursed him, the more he cursed, the angrier he became. He truly hated iron for not becoming steel.
The fine Ancestral God Hall had been handed to him—how had it become the emperor's household slave?
How furious he was.
Thus, Chancellor Bai's strikes upon Dongyang Lige's face became fiercer and faster.
Of course, in Chancellor Bai's eyes, this beating came purely from fury at seeing iron that refused to become steel.
But to the others, it looked entirely different.
The former Grand Priest, Chancellor Bai, was personally disciplining the current Grand Priest. This was explosively sensational.